Minister of Finance Hon. Ibrahim Ameer participated in the World Bank / IMF Spring Meetings 2019, held from 10th to 15th April at Washington DC.

As part of these meetings, Minister Ameer attended the Ministerial Dialogue of Vulnerable Twenty Group (V20), where he gave a statement. In this statement, he reiterated the need for more grants to finance the adaptation measures of Vulnerable Countries. At the WBG Meetings, vulnerable countries and international partner also announced collaboration to climate proof economic growth and adaptation measures.

Minister Ameer and Governor Naseer met with Deputy Managing Director of IMF Mr. Tao Zhang, WB Executive Director of Maldives constituency Mr. Merza Hassan and calls on the VP of the World bank Hartwig Schafer, IFC VP Nena Stoiljkovic and their team working for Maldives projects during the Spring Meeting of the WB/ IMF.